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- W. TRUEMAN.

- MAGAZINE PHOTOGRAPHIG CAMERA. No. 462,459. Patented N0v.3, 1891.

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W. TRUEMAN.

MAGAZINE PHOTOGRAPHIO CAMERA.

N0. 462,459. Patented Nov. 3,1891.

WITNESSES;

INV TUB cfiam V 4 ATTORNEY UNITED STATES I PATENT OF I-QE- WILLI M TRUEMAN, or BROOKLYN, ASSIGNOR TO THE -E. a T. ANTHONY &

. COMPANY, on NEW YORK, N. Y;

MAGAZINE PHOTOG RAPH IC CAMERA.

sPnon rcA-rmrr forming m of Letters Patent No. 462,459, dated November 3,1891}.

' Application filed Fa e) 1891. stuns). 380.232.- CNOEOdQL) To {ZZZ whom it may concern:

Be' i t,1 rnown that I, .WILLIAM TRUEMAN, a

subject of the Queen of Great Britain. and,

' aresidentof Brooklyn, in the county-of Kings 5 and State of NewYork, have inventedce'rtain new and useful Improvementsdn Photo graphic Cameras, of which the following is a specification.

-My invention relates to improvements in to photographic cameras of the kind knownas fimagazine-cameras, and in order that my invention may be more readily and fully understood lwillsst'ate that it consists in an 'improyement upon the apparatuspatented 15 byErastns B. Barker on' July 16, '1889, No. $07,275. The cameras -made-under Mr. Barkers invention have been-successful andval 'nable ones; .but'. in-his ,apparatus the plateholders' are snpported iiponfspgings at each.-

20, side of the car-member, and thepressure for depressing the springs so that the mostfois'; ..ward plateholder is released and 'allowddo drop into the receivingehamher ot the cam .era is applied edirectlyto the plate-11 older it, l 2 5 self; v As a consequence it sometimes happens,-

the pressure being on equally applied, that one I corner or side"of the plate-holder only will be sufliciently depressed, .the other side hotJb'e; "-ing releasedfrom the confining action :of' the 30 spring, resulting in a jamming Off-the platesholderand the necessity foropeniug the cam era to adjust matters before it can be further used. Biy-thi's presentiinvention I overcome. thsedefects or-ohiections as follows: I procertain stationaryfs' tops on the sides of the camera-box"and also .a frame which: has .verticalmovement as-ayzhole, and .,to'it instead nre. The plate-holders are pressed intethis '40 frame .0 46 at atir'ne .bj a sp rihn g in therear;

*Tif the last on; -wh ic a k mplorse te s mjiide' pbsitivfeifhy pe m a e-paten s a armies-lime cons uetionnfifthe. .fi eei ply' eng e- 5 I, lihen-ihe plate holder will he go pushed over-forwardly into the receivingehamben.

o o iil eholdrs pr r er My invention also includes a locking'de vice, which prevents accidental operation of the apparatus. 0 In the drawings, Figure 1 illustrates an elevatiompartlyin section,of the invention. Fig.

end of the camera. Fig. 3 illustrates a perspective, partly in section, showing-certain details of the invention.

A is the body of the camera.

other suitable material, whereby the camera may beconveniently.carried.

- C is a hinged bottom part for the camera- .box, hinged at D to the end piece of the camera E,-which is in turn hinged at F to the main body of the camera, so that these. parts can be folded overupon each other to expose the ,endandzthe under side of the .camera.- flA-clip' G, ,(see Fig. 1,) is employed to hold the parts in place whenthe camerais closedl H is a slide, which excludes light fromthe receiving-chamber I- of the camera, and J. is another slide, 'whi ch excludes light fromjthe .primary'ch'aniber K.

pressed forwardly by a pusher-M, set npona shaft Nfwhich is given tension by al'ev'er O and catch 1?, all as forth in said. Barker patent.

We come now to the-parts specially included inthis invention. i

Q Q arelittle bars or each side of the chamber K, upon which the plate-holders slide while being introducedinto'the camera and also while being pressed forward by the pusher M. p

R R are guides, also attached to the side f the camera immediately above the piece Q. Between-these pieces or guides the latas they are successively pressed forward, Tis the frame before referred to. It con sists of the side pieces .T T, a crosspiece at the F P U is. a depressing thumbpiece on the out side of the camera, shown as passing-through a hole made in the handle "5. i't-is norntiaily B. is a hand1e, which may-be of leather or 2. illustrates an elevation from the left-hand L L, &c., are the plate-holders, which. i...-

slideways placed at "wally-projecting pins'S, firem -the-lower side ofthe plate-holders at their lower edges, slide thrown upward by aspring V, inclosed. with- .in the cap of the thumb-piece U, as shown. A spindle \V connects this cap with. the frame. The frame is guided by the sides-of the camera-box, over which it slides, and also by guides Y, attached to the sides of the camerabox. l

Z Z'are pieces of metal having overlapping inward] irojectin flan es Z which are,

screwed or otherwise fastened to the side of the receiving-chamber I, the upper end of the flange being curved rearwardly, as at Z so as'to lie-on substantially the same horizontal line as the ledge T on the vertically: moving frame;

a is a ratchet set upon a shaft 1). c is a pawl attached to the vertically-moving frame 'l .',an d d is a stop-pawl, which prevents back movement of'the ratchet. I

.e is a plate or flanged disk,-fast on thesh aft band having upon its edge suitable numerals, which-maybe seen through an aperture f. (Shownj'indotted lines in the upper surface of th'e'fe'a'nirafbox.) p

In ordertliata'ceidental depression of the frar'iiefwhi'chsnpport-sthe plate-holders may be 'prey'ented; I :pro' v ide alock G, which is pivot'edfat'h to the' hase of the thun1b-piece U,-""a nd which provided with a curved vert ical-poition'jz hich fits under a shoulder j o'nthelthuinh-picewhen swung in close to the-uprighfparfiof the base-piece, thus preehti-n 'n idental depression of the thumbpiece and offc'ourse of the frame below.

infsnch position that they will ongage withthelaterally-projecting pins S on 'theplate holders, butwill be out of the'way "of-the plate-holders when they ward,"as hereinafter explained.

In other words; theyjare set wider apart than the width oftl l'eplate-holders, but not so wide but that the pin's Son the lower edge of the plateholders will engage with them.

ilheop'eration of the apparatus is as folld'vi'sj The plates L L, the, are placed in the ch inbe'f K,.the"pushcr M being temporarily dropped out of the way through the opening Ja' in' 't'he'framc of the camera, the lever 0 be ing caught over the catch P to overcome the tension of the spring Z, if desired. As soon as the necessary number *of plate-holders have'been inserted the pusher M is returned "toits'proper position and the spring I is al- -"lowed to exert its tension upon the pusher M by releasing the lever O. In this way the plate-holders are pressed forward one against the other, the projecting pins S S sliding along between the guides Q and R on each side ofthe chamber K, the most forward plateholder being p ressed against th e cross-piece 'l" of the vertical sliding frame at the top and the laterally-projecting pins S S on themost forward plate-holder on the ledges T and and the central portion of the most forward plate-holder rests on the ledge T of thezmovable frame, thus preventing down ward move- "r st'op's fastened at the sides of the swing for I ment; but the one immediately in rear of the most forward plate-holder is supported vertically upon the guide-pieces Q, ts P jccting pins S S resting upon them. It will thus bcseen that the mostforward plate-hold er is always supported in a vertical direction entirely by the movable frame; but the one 1mmediately in rear thereof is not supported upon it, butupon t-heguide-pieces Q. An exposure is now made in the .usual mauner,and then pressure being applied to the thumbpiece U it and the spindle IV and the frame T T T with its ledges T 11 and T are all pressed downwardly into the position. shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and as it slides downward two projecting studs T attached to the rear face of the cross-piece T of the vertically-moving frame, press upon the upper edge of the plate-holdershould it stick and force it to'move downwardly with the frame.- As soon as the laterally-projecting pins S move below the lower, endof the. stationary stops mand also belowtherearWhrdly-cu rved part Z of the 'ledgeZ on the guidepieces Z then the pressure of the pu sher M'forces the most forward plate-holderthroughthe frame, the plate-holders being, of course, made narrower than it. This plate-holder then drops out of the frame, there being nothing to support it, and it falls forwardly, as seen in dotted lines in Fig. 1,into the chamber I. Thereupon the next succeeding plate-holder moves into the position of the first 0ne,e1r eepting that the studs T prevent its upper edge from quite assuming its proper forward position. The plate'is'held in this position by the pusher M un til the movable frame has its upper edge, which then moyes farther forward intoproper posit-ion tof-be engaged operation.

I claim l. The combination of acamera-box having tion of the plate-holders, apusher toforce the plate-holders forward, a. vertically moying most forward plate-holder, stationary stop each side of the camera, set wider apart than ing the frame from the exteriorof the camera, substantially as set forth.

2. In a-photographic camera, the combina to receive the plate-h0lders,a pushing device to press them forward, a vertically-moving frame in'which' the most forward plate-holder the upper edgeof the plate-holder and a ledge upon which the lower edge of the plate-holder rests, stationary stops at each side of the camera, set wider apart than the-width of the date-holders, guides for the plate-holders for two light-tight compartments for the recep--,

tion of two light-tighteompartments adapted is recei ed, having studs which engage with again returned and carried the studs Tabove n by the studs when they descend at the-next IIO frame adapted to receive and supportgl'weg the width of the plate-holder, against which' the pins on the plate-holdors may rest until the frame is depressed, and meansfor depress- 5 of a frame stops on each side of set their passage from one chamber to the other, .and means whereby the said frame may be depressed, substantially as set forth.

3. In a magazine'camera, the combination actuated from the exterior of the camera which receives, supportsgand moves the plate-holders aboutto be transfierred, and the camera, set wider apart than the width of the piateholders, sub stantially as set forth 1 A 4. In a magazine-camera, the combination of a frame moved"from the exterior of the camera, haying ledges for thesupport of the phitdholde'rs, and studs which insure the'.d'epression ofthe .pl'ate-holder, and stops] to limit the" forward "movement of the plates holders, set onthecamerabox-and separated from each other by a space greater than the the plate-holders, substantiall-y a's ,5. In a magazineoalnera, the combination of a primary" chamber, a. receii ing-chamber located in front of it and within the camera, a frame actuated'frolnthe exterior of the 2 5 wamera, placed in front of the primary chamher, and which receives the plate-holders about to be transferred,a registering device actuated by themovement of the frame,--

camera-box, onelo'wertha'n'the other, guides to control themovement'of the'fipIate-holders, a pusher to .force them vforward, a'frame adapted to receive themost forward-platehoIder,-stationary steps which cont'r'ol'the forward movernen't of the plate-holders, an indi-; cator observable; from v the camera, actuated by the movementjof the frame, and a lock constructed and arranged to prevent accidental movement of the said framQ'snbstantially as set forth.

, Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 31st day ofJanuary,A.D. 1891. v

' \VILLIAM TRUEMAN.

Witnesses:

' PHILLIPS ABBo'rT, CHARLES RYDER.

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